rishikesh

Who knew we could be so strong– physically and mentally? Who knew that we could complete what we started despite the many obstacles placed in our way? Who knew that the quest for the self and the super self, the God within and without, could be so heady and true that beautiful souls would journey from all over the world to experience it.

Dear Friends, This is the last letter from Rishikesh, as I’ll be leaving tomorrow. It’s incredible that a month has flown by. This month has been about meetings and encounters. Unfortunately, I usually didn’t have my phone or camera, so…

Dear Friends, There are hours of silence here, in which there’s ample time to sit under the tree of memory. Often in repose, memories shade me, and when I lean against the thickening trunk of the tree, a leaf of…

Dear Friends, Over lunch, one of the German women at my ashram, who speaks little English, looking up, said, “Schmetterling!” After a moment, it was divined that the translation of schmetterling in English is “butterfly.” Schmetterlings kept reappearing throughout the…

Hi Friends, I have a few weeks left in Tokyo, and have been preparing for my departure. There isn’t much to do really, because as you know, I already sold almost all of my belongings when I moved from Nihonbashi…